→Abelar 4: I Do Thee Wed
Sep. 26th, 2009 03:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seol_plumfallGuest post by Lynod
Dearest Helaah,
I should be happy today. Today I have truly gained a son. Today I have seen my daughter's greatest wish realized. I have thought about this occasion for decades, planning little scenarios and feeling a rush of pride and joy within my breast.
I feel none of that today, however, which confirms the selfishness within me. I, we, Helaah have lost Astrolabe to adulthood. I have always delighted in the precociousness that has dwelled in our strange, beautiful daughter, but I feel like it has brought me heartache now. I expected that I had decades before my precious flower was plucked, and I suppose I did not expect it despite all of the signs of burgeoning.
She was so glorious, Helaah, you should have seen her glow underneath the trees as she took Seol's hands and became one with him. The occasion was all we could have hoped for, aside from the bond being clandestine, but I feel this melancholy beating steadily in my chest.
Astrolabe has taken a step towards maturity, to a world outside of us, and I find it so very frightening. I wish you were here right now, to calm this jabbering fool of a man who feels far too acutely for his own good. I await you with a yearning greater than my wish to reunite with the Light. Please hurry back so I can hold you in my spindly, aged arms and in turn be held by those limbs that have so long been a bastion of comfort.
Our little girl has grown up, Helaah, and I don't know what to do or say. I need you.
Abelar
Dearest Helaah,
I should be happy today. Today I have truly gained a son. Today I have seen my daughter's greatest wish realized. I have thought about this occasion for decades, planning little scenarios and feeling a rush of pride and joy within my breast.
I feel none of that today, however, which confirms the selfishness within me. I, we, Helaah have lost Astrolabe to adulthood. I have always delighted in the precociousness that has dwelled in our strange, beautiful daughter, but I feel like it has brought me heartache now. I expected that I had decades before my precious flower was plucked, and I suppose I did not expect it despite all of the signs of burgeoning.
She was so glorious, Helaah, you should have seen her glow underneath the trees as she took Seol's hands and became one with him. The occasion was all we could have hoped for, aside from the bond being clandestine, but I feel this melancholy beating steadily in my chest.
Astrolabe has taken a step towards maturity, to a world outside of us, and I find it so very frightening. I wish you were here right now, to calm this jabbering fool of a man who feels far too acutely for his own good. I await you with a yearning greater than my wish to reunite with the Light. Please hurry back so I can hold you in my spindly, aged arms and in turn be held by those limbs that have so long been a bastion of comfort.
Our little girl has grown up, Helaah, and I don't know what to do or say. I need you.
Abelar
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